The Conversation Episodes Episode guide
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Drag kings: The women performing as men
Kim Chakanetsa speaks to two women who perform as men and poke fun at the patriarchy
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Natural-born contortionists
Two contortionists discuss their body-twisting, back-bending, mind-blowing work.
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A love for my language
Kim Chakanetsa speaks to two women who are keeping their indigenous languages alive
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Beauty and the skin
Two pioneering dermatologists on colourism and skin lighting in India and Ghana
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My baby triggered a terrifying breakdown
Catherine Cho and Lobeh Osagie-Asiah on how they got through postpartum psychosis
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Travels with my ukulele
For Taimane and Zee Avi, playing the ukulele was love at first strum
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World leaders: Michelle Bachelet and Helen Clark
Michelle Bachelet and Helen Clark on their personal journeys and their career in politics
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Ghostwriters for hire
Michelle Burford and Ellen Banda-Aaku on celebrity memoirs and collaborative writing
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Women planting trees
Two women restoring forests in Brazil and Nepal growing native trees from local seeds
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Why women walk
Cheryl Strayed and Kerri Andrews on the benefits of striding out in the great outdoors
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Viral dance videos launched my career
Sienna Lalau and Sherrie Silver: social media routines led to working for Rihanna and BTS
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Living through menopause
Dr Nighat Arif and writer Barbara Hannah Grufferman think the menopause needs rebranding
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My life-changing autism diagnosis
Sara Gibbs and Mor茅nike Giwa Onaiwu talk about the impact of finding out they're autistic
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Skating my way through life
Why women around the world are picking up a board to try kickflips and slides.
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Sold into sex work
Trafficked women from Indonesia and Hungary on how they support modern-day slaves
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Sweet honey and queen bees
A scientist from Martinique and an entrepreneur from South Africa on why they keep bees
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Women of the Arab Spring
A decade after the uprisings, what has been gained and what has been lost?
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Women fighting wildfires
A Russian volunteer and an elite US firefighter on the challenge of tackling remote fires
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Nurses on the frontline: A year on
After a year of the pandemic, how are young nurses coping?
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Funerals and grief in a pandemic
What happens to grief when our usual rituals around death and mourning are disrupted?
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How to live alone
Sreemoyee Piu Kundu and Hannah Carmichael on the benefits and challenges of solo living
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Women who love insects
Insect enthusiasts Jessica Ware and Carolina Barillas-Mury on why bugs matter.
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Women in law
Alexandra Wilson and Omnia Gadalla on why people practicing law need to be diverse
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How to focus
Conductor Kalena Bovell and pro skier Lorraine Huber on how to 鈥榞et in the zone鈥�
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Women running restaurants
Ana Ro拧 and Amninder Sandhu on adapting their businesses to the constraints of Covid-19
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Afrofuturism: Black women changing the sci-fi scene
Authors N.K. Jemisin and Chinelo Onwualu on their efforts to diversify the genre
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Women making art from clay
Ceramicists Hitomi Hosono and Zemer Peled on the therapeutic quality of working with clay
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Women digging for answers from the ancient past
How gender biases have warped our understanding of history
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The women who protect nature
Kris Tompkins and Dolors Armenteras on their fight to preserve South America鈥檚 ecosystems.
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Women writing true crime
Why are we so interested in women as victims and killers?
